NCAA South: RETRIEVERS PULL HISTORIC UPSET AS THEY KNOCK OFF CAVS TO BECOME FIRST #16 SEED TO DEFEAT A #1 SEED; Bearcats, Wolf Pack (Nevada, That Is) Advance

Four games were contested in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament's South Regional on Friday.

At Nashville, Tennessee (Bridgestone Arena):

Game #1:

Jarron Cumberland scored 27 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the second-seeded Cincinnati Bearcats (31-4) survived a scared from fifteenth-seeded Georgia State (24-11) 68-53.

d'Marcus Simonds topped the Panthers with 24 points.

Game #2:

Kendall Stephens scored 22 points as the seventh-seeded Nevada Wolf Pack (28-7), with five players scoring in double figures, defeated the tenth-seeded Texas Longhorns (19-15) 87-83 in overtime.

Kerwin Roach II (26 points) and Matt Coleman (25) combined to score 51 points for the 'Horns.


At Charlotte, North Carolina (Spectrum Center):

Game #1:

Barry Brown, Jr. scored scored 18 points as the ninth-seeded Kansas State Wildcats (23-11) defeated the eight-seeded Creighton Blue Jays (21-12) 69-59.

Game #2:

In what may have been the biggest upset in the history of the NCAA Tournament, Jairus Lyles scored 28 points as the University of Maryland-Baltimore County Retrievers (25-10) became the first #16 seed ever to defeat a number-one seed by overpowering the Virginia Cavaliers (31-3) 74-54.

The Cavaliers had been the tournament's top overall seed.